Pretty Flower - Page 2

**MSFixR** · 04-04-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jocasta

Looks beautiful, Fixr... parts of it remind me of Kew Gardens.

It was in part modeled after Kew. Shaw, after all, was from Sheffield, England.

**Jocasta** · 04-06-2009, 12:13 PM

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In 1851, after seeing the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, outside London and the Chatsworth gardens in Devonshire, I decided to create my own garden in St. Louis.

That's interesting, funny (or clever) that I saw the likeness with Kew. But as point of nerdy interest Chatsworth isn't in Devon (as it's known) but in Derbyshire (my county) although it is owned by the Duke of Devonshire. Chatsworth is my favourite spot, the grounds are really special to me.

**MSFixR** · 04-06-2009, 01:17 PM

We know of Devonshire and Chatsworth from the recent Keira Knightley film The Duchess. Shaw was not the only one to make it big in the US during the 19th century and he was not the only one to practice philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie (US Steel) born in Dunfermline, Fife, UK endowed half the libraries in the country. On the other side of the coin were the "robber barons" like John D. Rockfeller of Standard Oil fame and Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads). The nineteenth century was one of rapid expansion of the country westward - Jefferson's purchase of vast tracks from France, the Louisana Purchase of 1804, opened almost half the country west of the Mississippi to homesteaders. The California gold rush of 1848-1855 added to the land frenzy.

**Jocasta** · 04-06-2009, 01:40 PM

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We know of Devonshire and Chatsworth from the recent Keira Knightley film The Duchess.

Of course, then you'll have seen some of the lovely grounds and gardens.

Don't blame us for Rockfeller and Vanderbilt, both born in New York (apparently)!

**MSFixR** · 04-06-2009, 01:43 PM

I wasn't blaming you, I was just citing them because they were mid-nineteenth century US entrepeneurs who were worth a lot of money.

**Jocasta** · 04-06-2009, 01:48 PM

I know hon, I just assumed they were British born, as that was the way the thread was going, so I had to wiki them to check.
Have you ever been to the Old Country? I'm sure you'd love it.

**MSFixR** · 04-06-2009, 01:59 PM

I was in Europe in early 2001 on business. Then one of my sisters joined me and we toured southern Germany, northern Switzerland and northern Austria. In all we (I) was there for three weeks - far too short of a time to absorb the local cultures and taste the local brews. If I had the time and funds, I'd spend a year or more. Maybe some day...

**Jocasta** · 04-06-2009, 02:29 PM

That trip sounds good if not hectic... sorry you've never made it to dear old blighty yet... definitely some day soon I hope.

**MSFixR** · 04-06-2009, 02:47 PM

Three countries in six days was not my idea. My idea was to just spend a weekend finding the tiny village in southern German that my ancestors came from. The rest was my sister's doing. If I found the village, I had planned to shout my last name in the town square. If hordes of peasants started chasing me with pitchforks, I would know why my ancestors left. If, on the other hand, they threw a big festival and crowned me prince, I might have stayed. As it turned out, we pulled over to the side of the road at the entrance to the village so we could take our picture in front of the sign identifying the village. A woman in a nearby house opened her window and started to yell at us in a most inhospitable German tongue so we departed post haste and headed toward Zurich. After two tries to find Zurich, I reached the conclusion that my sister could not read a map and started navigating by dead reckoning. But that's another story.

**Plastic Flute** · 04-07-2009, 12:05 AM

Yea its always the sisters fault.

**Camino** · 04-13-2009, 03:01 PM

My Dogwood tree, in early blossoming stage...

**Jocasta** · 04-13-2009, 03:11 PM

Beautiful! It looks like a magnolia.

**MSFixR** · 04-13-2009, 03:24 PM

That's what I was going to say. Those look like magnolia which we call a tulip tree around here. Dogwood is a smaller tree with white flowers. See Dogwood
Nevertheless, your photos are very beautiful, Camino, TY.

**Camino** · 04-13-2009, 03:28 PM

Interesting, they do look very similar. I have never seen a real Magnola tree.

**MSFixR** · 04-13-2009, 03:35 PM

They now have a webcam at the MBG. Look near the bottom of the main page.
Also, use the plant finder. It finds about 3 dozen entries for "Magnolia".

**Camino** · 04-13-2009, 04:09 PM

Cool webcam, hope they have a sign up letting everyone know they're on candid camera? The plant identifier is also great, I looked up several of the Magnolia's (many pictures are missing). I searched & found, that there are approx. 50 varieties of Dogwoods, as well. I will have to do more research, & see if I can correctly identify this tree.

**MSFixR** · 04-13-2009, 05:11 PM

I think it is Magnolia x soulangeana. See MBG, Wikipedia, and photo of blossom below.

**Camino** · 04-20-2009, 02:00 PM

The apple trees are blossoming.

**MSFixR** · 04-20-2009, 03:35 PM

Do you know what kind of apple trees those are, Camino?

**Camino** · 04-20-2009, 04:08 PM

^I have no clue what kind of apples those are. They are terrible to eat, the tree needs to be taken down. I haven't done so, as it makes a wonderful shade tree. I also enjoy watching the deer, that come to eat the apples in the fall.

04-13-2009, 03:35 PM	#35 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	They now have a webcam at the MBG. Look near the bottom of the main page. Also, use the plant finder. It finds about 3 dozen entries for "Magnolia". Last edited by MSFixR; 04-13-2009 at 03:36 PM..

04-13-2009, 04:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,855 My Profile	Cool webcam, hope they have a sign up letting everyone know they're on candid camera? The plant identifier is also great, I looked up several of the Magnolia's (many pictures are missing). I searched & found, that there are approx. 50 varieties of Dogwoods, as well. I will have to do more research, & see if I can correctly identify this tree. Last edited by Camino; 04-13-2009 at 04:16 PM..

04-06-2009, 01:17 PM	#23 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	We know of Devonshire and Chatsworth from the recent Keira Knightley film The Duchess. Shaw was not the only one to make it big in the US during the 19th century and he was not the only one to practice philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie (US Steel) born in Dunfermline, Fife, UK endowed half the libraries in the country. On the other side of the coin were the "robber barons" like John D. Rockfeller of Standard Oil fame and Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads). The nineteenth century was one of rapid expansion of the country westward - Jefferson's purchase of vast tracks from France, the Louisana Purchase of 1804, opened almost half the country west of the Mississippi to homesteaders. The California gold rush of 1848-1855 added to the land frenzy.

04-06-2009, 01:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	I wasn't blaming you, I was just citing them because they were mid-nineteenth century US entrepeneurs who were worth a lot of money.

04-06-2009, 01:48 PM	#26 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	I know hon, I just assumed they were British born, as that was the way the thread was going, so I had to wiki them to check. Have you ever been to the Old Country? I'm sure you'd love it.

04-06-2009, 01:59 PM	#27 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	I was in Europe in early 2001 on business. Then one of my sisters joined me and we toured southern Germany, northern Switzerland and northern Austria. In all we (I) was there for three weeks - far too short of a time to absorb the local cultures and taste the local brews. If I had the time and funds, I'd spend a year or more. Maybe some day...

04-06-2009, 02:29 PM	#28 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	That trip sounds good if not hectic... sorry you've never made it to dear old blighty yet... definitely some day soon I hope.

04-06-2009, 02:47 PM	#29 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	Three countries in six days was not my idea. My idea was to just spend a weekend finding the tiny village in southern German that my ancestors came from. The rest was my sister's doing. If I found the village, I had planned to shout my last name in the town square. If hordes of peasants started chasing me with pitchforks, I would know why my ancestors left. If, on the other hand, they threw a big festival and crowned me prince, I might have stayed. As it turned out, we pulled over to the side of the road at the entrance to the village so we could take our picture in front of the sign identifying the village. A woman in a nearby house opened her window and started to yell at us in a most inhospitable German tongue so we departed post haste and headed toward Zurich. After two tries to find Zurich, I reached the conclusion that my sister could not read a map and started navigating by dead reckoning. But that's another story.

04-07-2009, 12:05 AM	#30 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	Yea its always the sisters fault.

04-13-2009, 03:01 PM	#31 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,855 My Profile	My Dogwood tree, in early blossoming stage...

04-13-2009, 03:11 PM	#32 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	Beautiful! It looks like a magnolia.

04-13-2009, 03:24 PM	#33 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	That's what I was going to say. Those look like magnolia which we call a tulip tree around here. Dogwood is a smaller tree with white flowers. See Dogwood Nevertheless, your photos are very beautiful, Camino, TY.

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04-13-2009, 03:28 PM	#34 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,855 My Profile	Interesting, they do look very similar. I have never seen a real Magnola tree.

04-13-2009, 05:11 PM	#37 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	I think it is Magnolia x soulangeana. See MBG, Wikipedia, and photo of blossom below.

04-20-2009, 02:00 PM	#38 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,855 My Profile	The apple trees are blossoming.

04-20-2009, 03:35 PM	#39 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,283 My Profile	Do you know what kind of apple trees those are, Camino?

04-20-2009, 04:08 PM	#40 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,855 My Profile	^I have no clue what kind of apples those are. They are terrible to eat, the tree needs to be taken down. I haven't done so, as it makes a wonderful shade tree. I also enjoy watching the deer, that come to eat the apples in the fall.